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Cup format delayed but date on boat to be revealed

The Independent
Tue, August 31, 2010 12:00:00 AM CDT

The rules governing the next America's Cup will now be published on 13 September, two weeks after the due day today, but will bring forward the announcement of the boats to be used and will name the year. The defender, ...

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British squad finishes in frustrating third place

The Independent
Sun, August 29, 2010 12:00:00 AM CDT

A string of top class performances from Britain's America's Cup squad was frustratingly undermined by a couple of poor results which turned a first into a third at the end of the Murcia CAM ...to challenge for the America's Cup. ...

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Team Origin set the pace in Audi MedCup

The Independent
Fri, August 27, 2010 12:00:00 AM CDT

It was a three, two, one and go to the ...tactical calls of Ainslie's Olympic medallists Iain Percy and ...the Origin crew is sailing faster than its first ...the 1,800-mile course, being sailed anti-clockwise. The French Volvo ...of Spanish rival Telefonica sailing south down the west ...

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Team Origin enjoy opening day of Audi MedCup

The Independent
Wed, August 25, 2010 12:00:00 AM CDT

The signs of improvement in Britain's Team Origin continued on the opening day of the fourth, of five, Audi MedCup regatta in Spain's Cartagena, especially a start to ...1851 Cup against the America's Cup ...structure of the next America's Cup, ...

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Change of direction for round island race

The Independent
Mon, August 23, 2010 12:00:00 AM CDT

Wild and windy weather forecasts meant a last minute about turn ...race as you're constantly sailing close to the coast ...as its centre of sailing excellence, despite Qingdao having hosted the sailing at the 2008 Olympic Games. The tour is ...

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Britain's sailors taking the right tack

The Independent
Thu, August 12, 2010 12:00:00 AM CDT

Britain turned on the power on the Olympic track that is Weymouth Bay ...Tongue in cheek, Britain's Olympic manager Stephen Park said ...but this is a Sailing World Cup event so ...offers by the International Sailing Federation observers. They also ...

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Scott is GB's sole ray of sunshine

The Independent
Sun, August 15, 2010 12:00:00 AM CDT

A single shaft of heartwarming gold broke through the cold, ...race of the Skandia Sail for Gold Olympic regatta. Scott has been ...and America's Cup class sailing. The 2008 gold medallist ...Laser gold for Britain's Olympic champion, Paul Goodison, as ...

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Ainslie's gold hopes fading fast

The Independent
Fri, August 13, 2010 12:00:00 AM CDT

The maths says it is possible for Ben Ainslie to ...medal at the Skandia Sail for Gold Olympic regatta in Weymouth - ...the ranch. The reigning Olympic champion is second going ...the women's Laser and Olympic manager, Stephen Park, commented: ...

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Oracle beats Origin in 1851 Cup at Cowes

The Independent
Thu, August 5, 2010 12:00:00 AM CDT

As the British again came second to the Americans, this time re-enacting the 1851 race around the Isle of Wight, the bosses of the two rivals, Sir Keith Mills for Team Origin and Sir ...the surface of the America's Cup. ...

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Oracle struggles once more as Team Origin wins for Britain

The Independent
Thu, August 5, 2010 12:00:00 AM CDT

The trouncing of America's Cup holder BMW Oracle continued in the opening foray of yesterday's races for the 1851 Cup. Already leading 2-0, Britain's Team Origin scored their third win by a margin of ...captured what became the America's Cup. ...

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'Can-do' veteran Goss returns to the ocean race track

The Independent
Wed, August 4, 2010 12:00:00 AM CDT

If you could bottle Pete Goss' optimism you would make a fortune and change the world. It wells up with such force that even BP could not cap it. So, it is no surprise ...Week the trouncing of America's Cup ...

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A dream that may blow Ainslie off his Olympic course

The Independent
Wed, August 4, 2010 12:00:00 AM CDT

Britain's top sailor, the much-medalled Ben Ainslie, is a worried ...wants to win, the America's Cup. ...being skipper of an America's Cup ...winner's life. Winning the America's Cup ...in 1973. But the America's Cup ...step to take the America's Cup ...he is meeting the America's Cup ...big keelboats, with two America's ...

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